M
1931 · Movie · PG-13 · 110 min · ★ 8.1 · 95% critics
A city is gripped by fear as a child killer strikes again, triggering an intense manhunt. With police pressure disrupting everyday life and the criminal underworld also eager to stop the chaos, the suspect finds himself hunted from all sides and grows increasingly desperate to evade capture.
Also known as Fritz Lang's M · M: A City Searches for a Murderer
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Details
- Original title
- M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
- Years
- 1931
- Release date
- 1931-05-11
- Language
- German
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.1/10 (2,467 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dark, classic thriller that mixes a citywide hunt with uneasy moral questions and a tense atmosphere; Not for you if you dislike slow burns or grim subject matter like in Metropolis.
Pros: gripping manhunt tension; haunting atmosphere; thought-provoking themes | Cons: slow pacing stretches; lots of dialogue; some scenes drag
Themes
- berlin, germany
- germany
- psychopath
- detective inspector
- child murder
- investigation
- film noir
- organized crime
- serial killer
- black and white
- criminal
- pre-code
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Peter Lorre
as Hans Beckert
Ellen Widmann
as Frau Beckmann
Inge Landgut
as Elsie Beckmann
Otto Wernicke
as Inspector Karl Lohmann
Theodor Loos
as Inspector Groeber
Gustaf Gründgens
as Schränker
- FG
Friedrich Gnaß
as Franz
Fritz Odemar
as The Cheater
Paul Kemp
as Pickpocket with Six Watches
Theo Lingen
as Bauernfänger
Directed by Fritz Lang